Abstract
Using a two-wave online experiment, we investigate whether COVID-19 exposure changes participants’ threat-detection threshold. Threat reactivity was measured in a signal detection task among 277 British adults who also reported how vulnerable they felt to infectious diseases. Participants’ data were then matched to the local number of confirmed COVID-19 cases announced by the NHS every day. We found that participants who perceive themselves as more likely to catch infectious diseases displayed higher threat reactivity in response to increased COVID-19 cases.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Threat reactivity, Disease vulnerability, Pathogen threat, Error-management theory, 【초록키워드】 Diseases, threat, Local, Infectious disease, experiment, threshold, change, COVID-19 cases, NHS, participant, confirmed COVID-19 case, was measured, reported, reactivity, catch,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Threat reactivity, Disease vulnerability, Pathogen threat, Error-management theory, 【초록키워드】 Diseases, threat, Local, Infectious disease, experiment, threshold, change, COVID-19 cases, NHS, participant, confirmed COVID-19 case, was measured, reported, reactivity, catch,